Knowledge Management-The SECI Model

When the knowledge needed to build a project product does not exist - inside or outside the performing organization - that knowledge will need to be created by the project team. This situation is one associated with turbulent business environments, new product development, and innovation.

The creation of such new knowledge is what the SECI model models. The model is based on research done in the 1980’s in Japan by Nonaka and Takeuchi and published in an article titled "The New New Product Development Game".

Their model strongly informed the thinking and practice of leading practitioners in software development in the US, including Sutherland and Schwaber, the inventors of Scrum. In fact, "Scrum" was one analogy that Nonaka and Takeuchi used in their 1986 article to explain their approach. Informed by that approach, Scrum and its success became a key impetus in the development of the agile mindset and community of practice in this century.

Created by Deva Andre (Dev) @blueburi, this video provides a nice visual explanation of the SECI model.